Example sentences of "which [vb -s] been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Hungary — a superbly well managed economy by CMEA standards — has taken the plunge and restored direction to its flagging reform efforts ( a direct consequence of which has been a 79 per cent increase in the consumer price index between 1979–1983 ) . |
| 2 | Even the products division which has been a long time drag on profitability improved its performance , and was well up too . |
| 3 | According to the vice-governor of the National Bank ( EP , 22 February 1988 ) , the governors from the different republics and provinces prevent the formulation of effective regulations to put a stop to illegal , or ‘ grey ’ , increases in the money supply , which has been a persistent problem in Yugoslavia . |
| 4 | The phenomenon of fixed word-pairs , which has been a primary focus of attention in Hebrew poetry especially since the discovery of Ugaritic poetry , is only a subset of the broader category of word-pairing . |
| 5 | In so doing he has provided a book which has been a tremendous help to pastors in every generation since , up to and including the present day . |
| 6 | That 's right , yes , and we still do one , perhaps two , concerts a year in Brighton at the Festival , but then we were able to develop from there , which has been a tremendous erm thrill for everybody . |
| 7 | In social security there is the retirement condition , which governs the receipt of the state retirement pension and which has been a major factor in the establishment of the pension ages as the customary retirement ages for men and women ( Walker 1980 ) . |
| 8 | The British government has announced measures to control the digging up of hedgerows by farmers , which has been a major focus of concern for conservationists for many years . |
| 9 | I have n't yet mentioned the development of the Theatre of the Absurd , which has been a strong force in European drama since Alfred Jarry 's Ubu Roi was first performed in 1896 . |
| 10 | A more general factor influencing the future prospects of the eurobond market is convergence between domestic and eurobond markets , which has been a strong feature of recent years . |
| 11 | There is very little left for the government to privatise , and attention will soon swing to the NHS , which has been a financial embarrassment to the Tories for too long . |
| 12 | My last telephone call was to the head of Oatridge agricultural college , which has been a great help to the agricultural community in Scotland . |
| 13 | We are pleased to offer this pension which has been a firm favourite with British guests for many years . |
| 14 | Our recent leaflet on women 's health , which has been a remarkable success , also provides information . |
| 15 | We shall continue to encourage personal savings by keeping income tax rates low , and through special schemes such as the tax-exempt special savings account , which has been a remarkable success . |
| 16 | As ‘ Working Title ’ continue to expand and develop , it seems a good moment to look back at some of their prolific and varied output , and we will be screening a number of titles from ‘ MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE ’ through the powerful drama ‘ A WORLD APART ’ , scripted by Gillian Slovo , Ruth First 's daughter , and underrated films like ‘ PAPERHOUSE ’ to ‘ ROBIN HOOD ’ , scripted by John Mcgrath , and then a number of their new releases : ‘ EDWARD II ’ ( directed by Derek Jarman ) , ‘ DAKOTA ROAD ’ and ‘ DROP DEAD FRED ’ , which has been a huge box office hit in the States . |
| 17 | Nightclub-wise we hit the Star Club , which has been a popular haunt in San Antonio for many years , and as ever we 've arranged free entry for all club Discount book holders , saving you £5 every time you go . |
| 18 | It is arguable that the friction between locals and newcomers which has been a common feature of village life in recent years is only a temporary problem brought about by the dislocation of established social patterns which have been hard for the social life of the village to digest , and that once the newly arrived population has either taken over entirely or ‘ settled down ’ to a rural existence many of the initial problems will be reconciled . |
| 19 | It is hoped that this will gradually lessen the passivity which has been a characteristic response of some women to multiple loss . |
| 20 | Others , like the Royal Academy which has been a significant beneficiary of tobacco sponsorship in recent years , see the ban in a gloomy light . |
| 21 | Capital provision to support these two areas is scarce and the 1990s are going to test even the most supportive administrations to meet urgent demands for library extensions and preservation/substitution programmes , neither of which has been an established part of institutional budget planning , nor likely to receive much more than sympathy from the funding councils , except perhaps in cases where enormous growth in student numbers have caused such pressures on space . |
| 22 | Religion is the ‘ universal obsessional neurosis of humanity ’ which has been an essential stage for humanity to pass through , in the same way as every child must have a neurotic phase . |
| 23 | Calheta ( 59km ) , which has been an administrative centre since 1501 , has a modified sixteenth-century parish church . |
| 24 | It is tied in with sympathetic magic which has been an enduring part of the British occult scene for many centuries . |
| 25 | The UCC 's Office of Communication , which has been an active member of WACC for over 20 years , will be the first religious organisation to receive the award — the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism . |
| 26 | It is interesting to note how Trade Indemnity , which has been an active user of this Z-Score approach for many years , used the technique as part of its overall risk assessment procedures to provide advance warning , allowing it to reduce exposure to MCC to a nominal sum by the time it failed . |
| 27 | These conditions can also lead to selective out-migration , which has been an important feature shaping the social geography of certain rural areas . |
| 28 | British television has mounted a highly successful comedy series called Yes Minister , the main theme of which has been an elected cabinet minister being constantly deflected from his preferred politics by senior permanent officials primarily concerned to protect their own positions . |
| 29 | This experience has left me with a love of the East and an ability to feel at home there which has been an immense help in my business life . |
| 30 | Mistake , which has been the central football in this tournament , may however be analysed in a way which is neither exclusively subjectivist nor exclusively objectivist by adopting the synthesist approach immanent in Gordon 's ‘ reasonable man as a test ’ . |